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Harsh winter storms leave a group of visitors stranded in Acorn Hill one wintry Christmas Eve. The Howard sisters share their special blend of hospitality with the guests, who discover the importance of family and friendship-and the true meaning of Christmas. From the cover.

A celebrity author visits Grace Chapel Inn to finish her novel ... and the whole town gets involved in the high-school genealogy project.

Rosalind Westwood, a volunteer at the hospital, amazes Alice when she offers her kidney to a dialysis patient she hardly knows, Myra Swanson, a mother of three. Rosalind's generosity stuns Myra who can't quite elieve the offer is real. Will Alice be able to guide Myra to accept the selfless gift? Meanwhile, Louise helps Florence with her latest project, an Acorn Hill talent show, as Jane frantically gets the inn ready for inspection. But when...

It's the beginning of summer, and Acorn Hill is heating up. Alice is planning a trip to the big city with the group of teen girls she mentors, but she needs to find someone to help chaperone or she may have to cancel the trip. Willing volunteers are few and far between, but Alice locates an unlikely helper who may learn just as much from the experience as the girls themselves. Meanwhile, Aunt Ethel is busy revamping her home for a visit from her daughter...

Spring comes to Acorn Hill, a close-knit community tucked away in the Pennsylvania countryside. The Howard sisters--Jane, Alice, and Louise--are once again in the middle of something odd and always interesting in their small community. So welcome to the place where spring-time breezes waft through the trees as the townfolk relax on their porch swings, and where good advice is served up with the best blackberry pie.

When Jane falls and ends up on crutches, the Howard sisters are hard pressed to make arrangements that will keep Grace Chapel Inn running smoothly.

Stormy conditions— some resulting from a massive hurricane, others from an irate Ethel Buckley— might put a damper on the holiday celebrations. As plans change, the Howard sisters learn that sometimes asking for help is as important as giving it.

Acorn Hill is a flurry of activity when the Howard sisters set out to serve their friends. Alice finds herself in unfamiliar territory when she agrees to help Vera on a school field trip, Louise is called upon to be in charge of Nine Lives Bookstore and a most unusual helper, and Jane does her best to keep Rev. Kenneth Thompson from leaving his ministry at Grace Chapel, a possibility that causes deep concern for all three sisters. Through each of...